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Shovel the Sh!t Out of Your Life

Self Improvement Ideas

Reflecting on life lessons learned an sometimes be a less than cheerful trip down memory lane, but this one is actually quite funny. The joke is on me, but fortunately for you I’m not afraid to laugh at myself. So here we go. If you live in a cold climate, you know very well the [...]

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15 Life Lessons Learned and Another Birthday

Self Improvement Ideas

January is an awesome month for me.  Not only is it the start of a new year, it’s the time to celebrate the day I was born into this world.  As of January 14, 2012 I am 35 years awesome. Woo hoo!!! One of the things I love to do around this time of year [...]

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How to Find Your Way Back to Joy

Inspiration & Motivation

Are You Tapped In, Tuned In, Turned On to Joy? Joy is a choice…a daily, hourly, momentary choice. In any situation, we may choose to react in whatever way we please. If you are blessed with the gift of life again tomorrow, you will once more face opportunities to choose your way back to joy. [...]

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How I Set Myself Free

Health & Wellness

If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible. ~Ram Dass Over the last few weeks, I totally immersed myself in aspects of life that are anything but typical for me. Prior to this little “experiment,”my days were heavily focused on the infamous world of the Internet—blogging, Googling, Tweeting, Facebooking, emailing and pretty much anything [...]

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6 Ways to Refill Your Life Tank and Improve Your Quality of Life

Self Improvement Ideas

Your life is your vehicle.  Are you filling her up? If you’ve driven a vehicle of any kind, you know that it’s pretty much useless on an empty tank.  I mean, it will still sit there and exist, but that’s not what you have it for.  You want it to fulfill it’s purpose—to get you [...]

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20 Lessons From Life I Learned the Hard Way

Self Improvement Ideas

Life lessons have a way of piling up as the years go by, but I can only imagine what it would be like to know these truths from the very beginning. There is great joy in learning, so I have no regrets about learning these lessons from life the hard way.  The end product (a [...]

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Where to Turn At a Crossroad in Life

Self Improvement Ideas

I can’t think of many things scarier than reaching a crossroad in your life.  You know, that turning point where you need to make some big changes and decisions—or else.  Usually, we don’t reach crossroads out of the blue.  But that doesn’t make it any easier. No matter how long you’ve known that a turning [...]

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16 Ways to Get the Respect and Admiration You Deserve

People skills

How to Get Respect and Admiration Not everyone will admit that they want to be admired and respected by others.  In fact, many people will try to convince you that they don’t care at all what others think of them.  However, it’s human nature to desire some degree of acceptance from others. We are all [...]

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Inspirational Thoughts: Appreciate the Dark Days

Inspiration & Motivation

The good times, the sunshine, the highs in your life—these things are so easy to appreciate.  But what about the difficulties?  What about the fear, pain, sorrow and hardship?  It seems absurd to give thanks for them, yet today I’ll ask you to do just that.  I encourage you to give thanks for life’s struggles, [...]

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Coping Strategy Rehab: Your Prescription for Defense Mechanisms

Self Improvement Ideas

“It’s not the troubles we run into, it’s what we do about them which determines their net effect upon our lives” –Nick Baylis All About Coping Strategies If you enjoyed last week’s post, 20 Defense Mechanisms That Can Screw Up Your Life, you’ll surely appreciate coping strategies that can come to your rescue. In many [...]

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